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taoiseach
taoiseach (prime minister), successor under the 1937 constitution to the president of the executive council. The offices were substantially the same but de Valera's modifications increased the taoiseach's power. In article 28 the taoiseach is unequivocally ‘the Head of Government’. He has to keep the president ‘generally informed’ on domestic and international matters. The taoiseach nominates the tánaiste and ministers are appointed by the president on his advice, with the approval of the Dáil. He also nominates the attorney‐general and eleven members of the Senate. Two major departures from the 1922 constitution concern dissolution and the resignation of ministers. The taoiseach (not the executive council as previously) has the right to dissolve the Dáil, unless he loses his majority. He also has the right to dismiss ministers ‘for reasons which seem to him sufficient’, a provision the opposition attacked in 1937, claiming that this was a decision for the government as a whole. In interparty governments, the taoiseach's power to dismiss ministers not of his own party is in practice more circumscribed.
Constitutionally and administratively, the office of taoiseach is at the centre of government, but the emphasis on leadership and personality in Irish political life has, depending on the occupant, further increased its authority. Deirdre McMahon |
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"taoiseach." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "taoiseach." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-taoiseach.html "taoiseach." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-taoiseach.html |
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Taoiseach
Taoiseach
•elegiac • Newark • Lubbock
•Caradoc, haddock, paddock, shaddock
•Marduk • piddock • Norfolk • Suffolk
•charlock
•hillock, pillock
•lilac
•ballock, pollack, pollock, rowlock
•bullock • hammock
•hummock, slummock, stomach
•bannock, Zanuck
•Kilmarnock • Greenock • monarch
•eunuch
•arrack, barrack, Baruch, carrack
•cassock, hassock
•tussock • Taoiseach • mattock
•buttock, futtock
•havoc • bulwark • wazzock • Isaac
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"Taoiseach." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Taoiseach." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Taoiseach.html "Taoiseach." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Taoiseach.html |
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